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Joyce Watkins on her exoneration after 34 years

In 1988 Joyce Watkins and her boyfriend, Charlie Dunn, were wrongfully convicted of a terrible crime: the murder of Watkins' 4-year-old great-niece, Brandi. Although the assistant medical examiner had made a critical mistake in their report, Watkins and Dunn's appeals were all denied. Now, more than three decades later, an unusual partnership of prosecutors and defense attorneys has brought about what the 74-year-old Watkins has long prayed for: exoneration. CBS News' Erin Moriarty reports.

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Several Jan. 6 defendants want trials moved

Several of the defendants charged in the January 6 assault on the Capitol are looking to have their cases heard outside of Washington despite traveling across the country to protest the 2020 election results there. CBS News has confirmed over a dozen people charged with participating in the insurrection are petitioning to stand trial outside of D.C. over fears of bias within the district's jury pool. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more.

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